Point Joe - Pebble Beach, California - Signs of History on Waymarking.com

Point Joe is the rocky southwestern end of Spanish Bay, so named because the explorer Gaspar de Portala landed at the Bay in 1769. Point Joe has been the site of several shipwrecks, and a sign about them is slightly farther up the bay.

Text of the sign:

"Who was Joe?

Joe was a Chinese man who live alone
in a driftwood home near this point in
the early 1900s. He made a living
selling trinkets to tourists and tending
goats. No one knows for sure if the
point was named after Joe or if he was
named after the point."

There is an interesting picture of Joe's home and it is possible to still see exactly which rock it was leaning against; of course, nothing remains of the old driftwood itself.

The sign continues:

"Like you, Joe probably saw a variety
of wildlife from this spot. During
the summer, thousands of pelagic
(sea-going) birds migrate past this
area. From December to March, you
can see gray whales swim by on their
yearly trek from feeding grounds
off Alaska to calving and breeding
grounds off Baja California. In late
spring the whales return north"

Point Joe is along Seventeen Mile Drive, which requires admission for cars. Pedestrians and bicyclists are free.

Group that erected the marker: Pebble Beach Company Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary: Point Joe, Seventeen Mile Drive Pebble Beach, CA USA 93953 URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: Not listed

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